Welcome to Your Macedon Ranges for Monday, June 24, to Sunday, June 30.
🐨 The school holidays are almost here! Children’s activities include the chance to meet the animals from Wild Action Zoo with TV zoologist Chris Humfrey. There are also be music and drama workshops, art classes, craft activities, film screenings and more. Click here to check out the school holiday guide.
Here are the events and activities happening in the Macedon Ranges this week:
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Tuesday, June 25
Community Chatty Café: Enjoy a cuppa and a natter. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St. 10am-11am.
Community Refugee Support Information Session: For anyone who would like to help people who have been displaced from their home countries. Faithworks Church, 35 Aitken St, Gisborne. 6.30pm-8.30pm. Free.
Wednesday, June 26
Nature Sanatorium Eco-Trail Walk: Join Parks Victoria volunteers on a 3km moderate-level walk. Learn about plants and animals as well as the history of the Macedon Regional Park. Days Picnic Ground, Lions Head Rd, Mount Macedon. 9.30am-11.30am. Free.
Singing Woodend Warblers: Community choir. Norma Richardson Hall, Buckland St, Woodend. 7pm. $10 (first session free).
Quiz Trivia Night: General knowledge quiz. The Victoria Hotel, High St, Woodend. 7pm. Free.
Thursday, June 27
Author Talk Laura Waters – Favourite Hikes: Author, travel writer and adventurer Laura Waters talks about her book Ultimate Walks and Hikes: Australia and the benefits of walking in nature. Woodend Library, Cnr High St & Forest St, Woodend. 6pm-7pm. Free.
Friday, June 28
Music Brett Franke: Acoustic blues and roots music. Mount Macedon Hotel, 694 Mount Macedon Rd, Mount Macedon. 7pm-10pm.
Saturday, June 29
Exercise Parkruns: 5km fun runs/walks in Gisborne (Dixon Field), Lancefield (Lancefield Park) and Woodend (Campaspe Dr). All abilities welcome. 8am. Free.
Market Macedon Farmers’ Market: Macedon Primary School, Smith St, Macedon. 9am-1pm.
Writing Rachel Matthews – Readers Are Writers: Explore different approaches to storytelling and find your natural voice. For all experience levels and backgrounds. Gisborne Library, Hamilton St, Gisborne. 10am-12pm. Free.
Ghost Hunt Lancefield Old Hospital Paranormal Investigation: Search for ghosts at the former pub and bush hospital and sleep in a room that’s possibly haunted. Dinner, bed and breakfast. Lancefield Guesthouse, 71 Main Rd, Lancefield. 2pm-10am. $250.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
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Sunday, June 30
Market Daylesford Sunday Market: Daylesford Railway Station, Raglan St. 8am-3pm.
Home Malmsburied Treasure Sale: Malmsbury Bakery will be hosting a sale of antiques, furniture, homewares, kitchen equipment and more. Malmsbury Bakery courtyard, 77a Mollison St, Malmsbury. 9am-1pm.
Environment Deer Forum: Find out about the the damaging effects of deer around homes, farms and nature reserves. Organised by Victorian Deer Control Community Network, Biolinks Alliance and Malmsbury District Landcare. Malmsbury Town Hall, Mollison St, Malmsbury. 10.30am-3.30pm. Free.
Books Meet the Authors: With award-winning children’s book creators Mark Wilson and Leigh Hobbs. Dromkeen, 1012 Kilmore Rd, Riddells Creek. 11am-12.30pm.
Games Board Game Gathering: Monthly group. New players welcome. Woodend Neighbourhood House, Forest St, Woodend. 2pm-5pm.
Beer Brewery Tour: See how beer is brewed. Holgate Brewhouse, High St, Woodend. 3pm-4.30pm. $25.
Singing Rainbow Voices Community Choir: LGBTQIA+ and allies choir. For anyone aged 13 and over. Kyneton Community House Good Food Hub, 35 High St, Kyneton. 4pm-6pm.
Exhibitions
Kyneton The Old Auction House: Exhibition: Clear Cut (group), Decay (group). Mon-Fri 9am-5pm, Sat-Sun 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Stockroom: Exhibitions: Guillaume Dillee, David Doyle. Mon, Thu-Sat 10.30am-5pm, Sun 11am-4pm.
Kyneton Art on Piper: Exhibition: Betty Gibney. Wed-Mon 10am-4pm.
Kyneton Cusack & Cusack: Fri-Sun 10am-3pm.
Kyneton Nurses, Medicine and Caring: Explores themes such as nurses’ training, nurses at war, uniforms, local medical identities, bush nursing and shire hospitals. Includes a collection from the old Kyneton Hospital. Fri-Sun. 11am-4pm.
Kyneton Kyneton Ridge Artspace: Exhibition: Wall Works (ceramics). Sat & Sun 11am-5pm.
Mount Macedon The Gallery: Exhibition: Jo Hoyne. Fri-Tues 10am-4pm.
Trentham Trentham District Story: Outdoor display telling the story of Trentham from its earliest Indigenous inhabitants to the present day. Open every day in the grounds of the Old Police Station, 3-5 Camp St, Trentham.
Trentham Little Gallery: Fri-Mon 10am-4pm.
Woodend The Back Shed Gallery: 33 Urquhart St, Woodend. Tues-Sun 10am-5pm.
Coming up
Fashion Art to Wear Parade: Artists from across Victoria will showcase their original clothes, jewellery and accessories. Presented by The Gallery Mt Macedon. Afternoon tea. Jubilee Hall, Smith St, Macedon. 1pm-3pm. $30. July 13.
Quiz Kerrie Hall Trivia Night: Trivia, raffles, auction and pizza. Kerrie Hall, Kerrie Valley Rd, Kerrie. 5pm-11.59pm. $50. August 3.
Have a great week!
Richard
P.S. I’ve tried my best to ensure accuracy, but please follow the links above to confirm details before attending events.
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🧒 The school holidays are almost here. Click here for a guide to the children’s activities that will be taking place.
Lead your horse to water
PAST TIMES
With thanks to Trentham & District Historical Society.
They were the petrol stations of their day.
Bills horse troughs were mostly built in the 1930s and were dotted across Victoria and New South Wales. In total, more than 500 were installed in Australia and overseas. Today they still stand modestly in many of our towns.
Trentham proudly boasts two – one in Market St, outside Aterics Cafe Bar, and the other on the edge of the town square, near the corner of High St and Cosmo Rd.
The horse troughs were the legacy of George and Annis Bills, who came to Australia from England in the 1870s. The couple shared a passion for animal welfare. After George’s death in Melbourne in 1927, money from their estate funded the construction and installation of troughs “wherever they are desirable for the relief of horses and other dumb animals”.
The standard design featured a large concrete trough for horses, a small one for dogs, and a chrome drinking fountain for people. However, World War II and the increasing popularity of the motor car brought their production to an end.
In addition to the examples in Trentham, you can see Bills troughs in Kyneton (cnr Piper St and Wedge St), Lancefield (jct Melbourne Rd and High St), Malmsbury (Mollison St), Mt Macedon (cnr Douglas Rd and Mt Macedon Rd) and Woodend (jct High St and Urquhart St).
✍️ Sue Worthington, curator of Trentham & District Historical Society.
📍 Location information: Bills Horse Troughs
In the news
🏘️ MACEDON RANGES: The state government has set a draft target of 12,700 new homes for the Macedon Ranges by 2051. The final target will be released at the end of the year, following consultation. In 2023, the shire had 21,300 homes.
🚗 MACEDON RANGES: The shire council will receive $12m for road improvements over the next five years, an incease in federal funding of almost $5.5m on the previous five years.
📶 ROMSEY: Telstra mobile customers have been told to expect outages and service disruptions this week while work is carried out on the Romsey East mobile base station to improve the 4G service and allow for 5G coverage.
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